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We have roughly 250 applicants for The Trip of Your Life! Right now we are looking for a Starlink sponsor, and podcasters to apply to host the podcast that we will broadcast from the train. We'd like to do this on X Spaces - but looking for sponsorship there too.
Also now up / photos of the train cars we are taking! We will put up interior photos soon.
tripofyourlife.com/
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There is a difference between delayed communication and ghosting. Important to know the difference!
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A reply to a teen maker:
"Reading into intent is a big learning in life!
Ghosting, Wikipedia says it's 'the practice of suddenly ending all communication and contact with someone without any warning or explanation, and then ignoring their attempts to reach out.' As far as I know, you replied to the last email I sent you and have not tried again. I would call that a delay in communication, not ghosting. Ghosting also has a personal connotation to it, like something personal against you. We wish you nothing but the best while we're doing all the many things we do at 1517...no matter how long it takes to respond.
Maybe you're used to working with teachers or professionals who don't get as much email to respond to as we do. I get 100 emails a day (many of which actually need a response and not just a push of "archive") and that doesn't include DMs, texts, etc. It takes time to go through them. And my day is booked back to back with meetings. So I don't always have time everyday to even do any email at all.
So I'd appreciate your patience. I know it's hard to wait, but it's also hard to manage more than is reasonable for any one person to do.
While you wait, you can make progress and carry on. Always happy to hear updates in the meantime (and a smart way to follow up is to send another message with a couple updates and checking in). Onward!"
You gotta try this!!
UPDATE: we are opening new "DUO" sessions ✨
2 ppl only: couples, friends, coworkers.
same challenge, smaller crew: are you two actually the strongest pair in the realm?
SF. this week. very (VERY) limited spots.
book yours 💌
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you'll likely have a real conversation with a whale in your lifetime
i mean literal back and forth, with AI turning your words into whale clicks
it's all thanks to Project CETI: the largest attempt in history to talk to another species
sperm whales have the biggest brain on earth
and they've been talking in the deep ocean for millions of years, but no human has ever understood a single word of it
so CETI trained AI on nearly 9,000 of their calls
and amazingly, it discovered a "phonetic alphabet" that's 7x more expressive than scientists thought
then they trained a language model on their actual whale conversations, which they call "ChatGPT 1 for sperm whale" lol
today, it can eavesdrop on them making plans and predict what they're about to do with 86% accuracy
for example:
before they go hunting, a family of sperm whales will float at the surface and click back and forth
then everyone joins in and they all head down together
it's basically a family deciding it's time to go get dinner
but we still don't know what most of those calls mean
and the way to find out is to start talking back
AI can already generate its own whale calls, so researchers can play them to real whales and see how they respond
every response teaches the AI a little more about what the calls mean
and the team behind it plans to make it conversational in the coming years
at that point, you say something and a whale answers
one researcher predicts the whale won't even be able to tell it's talking to a machine
that would be a world first: a real conversation with another species in its own language
and the one answering you has a brain 5x the size of yours
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Have a pretty incredible run of @DialecticPod episodes coming over the next month or so. Very excited!
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@SophiaFGreen wrote this piece about our dear friend @RetentionAdam and his family aspendailynews.com/opinion/x…
Take my money
NEW: Revere Robotics is building a robot that takes your trash bin to the curb and brings it back for you.
Curbie attaches to your existing trash can and is designed to handle the weekly curb run without needing a special bin.
-Attaches directly to standard residential trash bins
-Drives the bin to the curb on collection day
-Brings it back after pickup
-Designed to move bins weighing 100+ lbs
-Being built for rain, snow, and icy sidewalks
-Stops and alerts you if it detects an unsafe tilt
Pricing has not been announced yet.
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The video shows concept renders of the prototype, not operational footage of a working robot. Revere Robotics lists Curbie as an early field prototype in development.
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Our debates return two weeks from today!
Scott Turner (@macrotermiteman), Terence Kealey, Lawrence Krauss (@LKrauss1), and Cyan Banister (@cyantist), debate government research funding, with moderator @AlexBerenson! Free and open to all.
Details ➡️➡️
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When an industry has high margins yet stagnates for decades, there are almost always A) very high barriers to entry and B) ways for startups to surpass incumbents via good, modern engineering.
SpaceX, Tesla, Anduril and others broke into these types of guarded industries. The beginnings are hard, but the opportunity expands with forward progress.
Nuclear will be the next industry to go through this transformation and live up to its potential.
Thanks @collision for having me on!
General Matter CEO @ScottNolan joined me to break down why enriched uranium is the bottleneck for nuclear power. We get into why US nuclear fuel comes from Russia; their enrichment facility in Paducah, Kentucky; applying the SpaceX playbook to heavy industry; and the reasons nuclear became expensive.
00:00:00 Introduction
00:00:41 America’s missing nuclear fuel
00:05:27 Why small reactors need stronger fuel
00:11:42 Can nuclear power the AI buildout?
00:15:25 Why nuclear became so expensive
00:22:24 The startups reinventing nuclear
00:25:31 General Matter’s race to 2030
00:29:44 Stripe Press’ new books
00:30:22 The SpaceX playbook applied to nuclear
00:35:18 Uranium enrichment, explained
00:45:53 How small startups beat stagnant incumbents
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The first note was my assistant, Diana. She got up and sang at circle song today, something we try to do every Monday.
I've listened to it about six times now.
Music can change you. It can open you in ways that are mysterious.
Please listen to this song by putting it on your speaker phone, and close your eyes while you listen. When you are done, come tell me what it did to and for you. I will explain the song in an hour or so
Rogue Heroes: A boat caught fire off B.C. during Kyle Tosczak's 15th birthday party. Their boat was in the shop, so he suggested borrowing one. Kyle and his dad Paul rescued three men. Paul's partner Catherine helped them warm up and get into dry clothes. coastreporter.net/local-news…
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Which tech founders play Magic the Gathering? Cool opportunity @micsolana and I are working on...
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Our event page is here:
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And you can register at this link:
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